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NC State receives funding for workforce opportunities

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Kaitlin Montgomery Editor-In-Chief

NC State announced a $386,000 investment from the Duke Energy Foundation Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Currituck/Hatteras room in Talley Student Union. The announcement was made by Chancellor Randy Woodson and David Fountain, Duke Energy’s North Carolina president.

The “Backpacks to Briefcases” program will work to expand workforce development efforts and prepare college graduates for jobs. The three-year grant will provide unemployed or underemployed Wake and Johnston county college graduates with paid internships. Eligible students will have to have completed a bachelor’s degree within six to 24 months prior to entering the program.

In 2011-2012, NC State ran a pilot “Backpacks to Briefcases” program in partnership with the Capital Area Workforce Development Board.

Backpacks to Briefcases is part of a $2 million workforce development investment in six UNC System schools.

“NC State takes pride in its ability to not only prepare students for their first job but also to educate them for a career,” Woodson said. “The ‘Backpacks to Briefcases’ program matches college graduates who, in a tight job market, may need help finding the right employers together with employers looking for fresh, qualified interns who can transition into permanent employment.

These types of powerful partnerships are written into NC State’s DNA. We thank the Duke Energy Foundation for its investment and its trust in this economic development effort.”

NC State’s partners in the program are the Capital Area Workforce Development Board and Educational Data Systems Inc.

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Redshirt junior quarterback Jacoby Brissett runs the ball downfield Saturday Nov. 30, 2014 at Kenan Stadium. The Wolfpack defeated the Tar Heels 35-7. Brissett begins his final season with the Wolfpack Saturday against Troy.

Carter-Finley strives for zero waste this season

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Composting at Carter-Finley is a new addition to the 2015 Wolfpack football season. Students are encouraged to put their left-over food, trash and recycling items in the correct receptacles.

Lindsay Leonard Correspondent

This year, NC State is scoring a sustainability touchdown in Carter-Finley Stadium.

NC State’s Athletics Department and Waste Reduction and Recycling have teamed up this fall to implement a new system of compost bins in the stadium. The bins, which are gray with green lids, will stand alongside the landfill and recycling bins at various locations on the concourse and serve as the collection point for leftover food and food-related paper wastes.

After being deposited in the bins, leftovers and wastes such as pizza boxes, napkins and paper

plates will be recycled into soil amendment.

“Twenty compost stations will be available on the concourse of Carter-Finley Stadium to help Pack fans strive for zero waste,” said Lauren McKinnis, outreach coordinator for Waste Reduction and Recycling, who is in charge of the new composting initiative.

However, students and other fans must play their part in achieving this goal because McKinnis said items left in the stands will not be composted. Students can do their part by bringing any leftover food and food-related paper waste to the compost bins located on the concourse.

She said she hopes that the program will

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help Carter-Finley strive for zero waste by minimizing landfill additions, and this initiative will lead to an expansion of overall composting efforts throughout campus and an increase in education and awareness about composting on campus and in the community.

Lindsay Batchelor, program coordinator for Sustainability, is also excited about the composting system. Striving for zero waste has been a long-time goal at the stadium.

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seasons,” she said. “Composting is the logical next step considering that food waste accounts for approximately 40 percent of the average waste stream.”

Compost from the stadium and the campus is taken to Brooks Contractor, owned by NC State Alumna Amy Brooks, where it is then processed into soil amendment that is used to grow f lowers, trees and other plants.

This program has been successfully piloted at the Spring Football games for the past two years, and

NC State Athletics and the Waste Reduction Recycling Office have decided to implement the initiative for the entire 2015 season during home football games. Similar programs exist at other schools, including Duke University and UNC-Charlotte; however, according to McKinnis, “NC State has the opportunity to be the largest stadium in North Carolina to offer composting inside [its] football stadium.”

Students are also excited about the prospect of a greener football game experience.

Cristina Guillen, a sophomore studying chemical engineering, said she thinks the initiative is a

great start for a more sustainable future.

“I think it’s a great idea, and a great start,” Guillen said. “Obviously, there are going to be a lot of people there so the more people who see it, the more it will spread.”

Amelia Fujikawa, a senior studying environmental science and the leader of the NC State Stewards, a student-led sustainability group, said she definitely plans on participating. Fujikawa said spreading the word is one of the biggest forms of participation.

“I’m going to make sure to remind all of my friends before, on and during game days so that they

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know what to do with their food waste,” she said.

Student volunteers will be at the bins to help fans correctly deposit their wastes.

Guillen and Fujikawa said the new initiative will change the football game experience. Garnett Bullock, a junior, said the new option will only take a little bit of extra thought.

“Most fans don’t think about trash generated at football games,” Bullock said. “The composting volunteers have to be that buffer to make fans stop and think. I hope people are willing to put the small thought toward composting on game days.”

So, as the football season kicks off and the cheering to Pack victory begins, let’s move the chains toward a zero-waste season.

If any student groups have an interest in volunteering, they can contact the Waste Reduction and Recycling Office by emailing wrrstudent1@ncsu.edu. Groups must commit 18-20 volunteers for the entire game to help fans sort their waste, and registered on-campus groups and organizations will have an opportunity to earn a stipend for volunteering.

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he war on women’s reproductive rights and the perceived war on teachers in North Carolina have intersected in Raleigh this month.

Matthew Tringali, the loca l ringleader of a pro Katherine l ife g roup Waller Staff Columnist called Abolish Human Abortion, began a smear campaign against Shauna Broders, a Wake Forest elementary teacher, because she volunteers at a Women’s Choice clinic in Raleigh as an escort (i.e. someone who drives women to abortion clinics if there is not one in their vicinity).

Tringali allegedly has a history of traveling around the country and terrorizing and harassing women and their partners at abortion clinics, then blogging about it on Facebook. In Raleigh, Tringali protests by wearing a camera around his neck to record people while he screams at them and follows them even when they ask him to stop. In 2014, Broders cited Tringali for trespassing at the clinic and a year later he was arrested for the same offense.

These are the events that led to vicious attacks from the AHA via facebook on Broders, who in 2009 was WRAL’s teacher of the week and named a top 10 educator in Wake County. In midAugust, a meme with her school photograph next to a photo of her volunteering at the clinic was circulated among parents of children at Broders’ school with the following message:

“Hello fifth graders and families! My name is Mrs. Shana Broders, and I am very excited to have your child in my class and look forward to an amazing year of learning and growth. I love to bake and eat chocolate. I have made many cakes and cupcakes for friends and their children. How did your child spend their summer vacation? I spent mine helping to MURDER babies at ‘A Woman’s Choice’ Abortion clinic in Raleigh! Looking forward to seeing you!”

The campaign against Broders does not stop there — AHA members called Broders’ school saying that she deserves to be fired and have even threatened to show up at the school’s open house.

This cruel activism follows the string of sensational videos about Planned Parenthood which have brought an inf lux of protesters to Planned Parenthood on South Boylan Avenue, just a few blocks from campus where many students frequent. The protests at this clinic, which does not perform abortions, and along with all of the Planned Parenthood clinics in North Carolina, does not do any type of medical research tissue donations, transforms these protests to a fight not only against a woman’s right to choose, but against poor people receiving medical care. In Raleigh, this protest has even convoluted into a campaign to get a highly awarded and popular public school teacher fired.

It’s no wonder that the enrollment in the College of Education has been steadily declining; teachers are not only underpaid, but are ex-

Kelley Wheeler, junior studying film studies

pected to constantly tromp on s ome t r a n s c e nde nt moral high ground. As a future teacher myself, I am hyperaware of the unforgiving world I will enter upon graduation. Like Broders, will I have to face such hate and scrutiny for the opinions and ideas I have while I’m not at work?

I have a theory: teachers, having been assigned the unofficial role of what I will call “the social matriarch,” are expected to take on the role of the mother outside of the

home. In this role, teachers, who are by grand majority women, are expected to adhere to the cultural misogynic idea of what a matriarch must be. This ideal requires a level of submissiveness to embracing motherhood in all aspects of life. In our culture, we have very limited examples of divergent matriarchal power, so nurturing motherhood is expected of females by both men and women because there just aren’t any other models.

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t’s that time of year again.

The seasonally vacated classrooms Bryan are full again, Maxwell a l on g w i t h Staff Columnist t he br icked by ways connecting them. Cooler mornings are threatening green trees, and all the familiar affairs of summer falling into autumn are stalking around Raleigh. The festivities of fall that have stumbled into the halls of tradition at NC State are as reliable as falling leaves. The first football game is no sooner than this weekend. A select segment of the student body will be pledging its fealty to any one of the Greek houses. The social milieu of college will start to fan out and spread into the houses, apartments, t a i lgate s a nd bac k y a rd s around NC State. For that portion of the Wolfpack who would benefit from words of moderation, I would take the opportunity to say: Don’t forget to breathe.

It can all be pretty overwhelming. It is exhilarating to get to State and have the small world that was high school open up into the nearly limitless landscape of people and parties. Every night you can do something new with people

you’ve never met before.

Tonight, it’s a foam party at UT, tomorrow it’s a rave on Ashe Street and Saturday it’s a pledge party case race or a beer pong tournament at Campus Crossing. Every week it’s something new, and it’s wild and intoxicating and dizzying. And then suddenly it’s just that. You’re standing in a line to see who’ll drain a Solo cup t he quickest.

You’re handcuffed to your date who’s helping you finish a handle. You’re taking shots ever y minute of an hour and getting lifted into a handstand over a keg tap and pre-gaming for the bar, and it moves faster, and louder and everything is spinning.

Just try and take a moment to breathe.

This advice isn’t looking for the ears of all State students. It’s meant for those who find themselves swept up by the mania. For those who have had their friends push them upright at night to avoid swallowing their vomit. The ones among the walking dead at tailgates.

For anyone who’s woken up in the morning and couldn’t remember driv ing home.

For that girl I found passed out in the snow on a belowfreezing February night with no friends to be seen. Don’t

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forget to breathe.

Sometimes when you drive fast, you crash. At some point during the next week I’ll be part of an audience to see a good friend put 6 feet underground. He and our friends had been drinking that night at a concert, no more than any of us had had on many other nights. When they left, he started throwing up. Then he didn’t stop. Then he had a hard time breathing. And then he stopped. An ambulance came to take him away.

It wasn’t as much the drink as it was the preexisting condition, the spirits mixed with his heart problems. I still remember him complaining of chest pains when we used to run together.

There aren’t any real consequences for taking a breather. You won’t lose anything worth keeping by cutting yourself off. You may find real penalties, though, when you toe the line. For anyone who gets behind the wheel after drinking, or pushes his or her liver to its limits, or considers mixing drink and drugs, try not to stop thinking when you start drinking. Pause and take a breath.

There’s at least one person in the world who doesn’t want to put you in the ground before you’re ready.

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matriarchal power needs to change — female power needs to be redefined outside the realms of motherhood.

With a new definition and new culturally accepted avenues for women, a woman’s body will be treated as just that, her body and not just a womb, and a school teacher will be respected for how well she performs her job as an educator and not for where she chooses to volunteer outside of her career.

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mental reasons why both a woman’s choice and teachers seem to be under so much fire, it’s no surprise that these two issues have intersected here in Raleigh.

The reason why abortion is so vehemently attacked is the same reason why women who reject traditional ideals regarding marriage and rearing children are often viewed as offensive by those who choose a traditional path.

A woman’s role in society remains to be primarily the mother. This definition of

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The other home team prepping for gameday Daniel Lacy Assistant Sports Editor

Football season is upon us, with NC State’s regular season opener against Troy now just days away. Most acknowledge how the team has worked hard to prepare for the season, but the amount of time and effort the marching band puts in to providing entertainment throughout the game is often overlooked.

Also referred to as “The Power Sound of the South,” the NC State marching band plans out a pregame show, a halftime show and plays stands tunes while the opposing offense is on the field. Band Director Paul Garcia believes the band lives up to its nickname.

“I like to think our sound is always very powerful,” Garcia said. “Whenever somebody comes into our place, they will know that they’re in our place. Even if there’s another band here, we make sure they know that they’re in our house.”

During pregame, the band plays school songs such as the fight song and “The Red & White Song.” It also plays nationalARCHIVE/JOHN JOYNER

The marching band warms up in the tunnel before taking the field for its pregame routine. Part of the routine includes “The Red and White Song” and “The Star Spangled Banner.”

Even if it seems like everyone on campus is making the pilgrimage to Carter-Finley Stadium this weekend, the game against Troy is not the only thing to do in Raleigh. If football is not your thing, or you just didn’t get tickets, there’s still plenty to do off campus. Here’s your guide to Oak City for the weekend.

First Friday Downtown Friday night

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If you have never been to First Friday before, you have not experienced Raleigh in full force. Vendors, musicians and food trucks take over side streets. Art galleries also stay open late with free admission. First Friday is your best opportunity to see downtown at its finest.

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African-American Festival Downtown Saturday This all-day festival takes place in City Plaza. The event seeks not to only educate Wake County on African culture, but celebrate it as well! Traditional African food will be onsite as well as art, music and storytelling.

Raleigh Seafood Festival Pullen Park Saturday & Sunday Come and sample some Carolina seafood right next to campus. The festival will feature live music, art exhibits and multiple food vendors. Raleigh Seafood Festival is also home to the legendary all-you-can-eat blue crab buffet. Tickets are $7 to enter.

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themed songs such as “The Star Spangled Banner” and John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever.”

Last year, the band stole t he show w it h ha lf time themes such as the “Daft Punk Medley” and a “Cartoon Medley” that featured fan favorites such as the “Pokémon” and “Family Guy” theme songs. This year, some of its shows i nclude “T he Sou nd of Music,” which will act as a tribute to the movie celebrating its 50-year anniversary, as well as a “Jurassic Park”/”Star Wars” show, a Halloween show and an Armed Forces show.

“It’s great music, whether you’re 5 or 75 years old, you probably know some of the songs,” Garcia said. “We thought it would be good to relate to the entire crowd.

This year has been a reboot year for two major movie franchises, ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘Star Wars,’ and we are going to try and work out a few surprise things within the show.”

In addition to performing, the band also has an

Features impact when it is in the stands. During timeouts and between quarters, it will play songs such as “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark,” “Wake Me Up,” “Timber” and “Hey Baby ” to pu mp up t he crowd while the game is on hold. Additionally, it plays short tunes while the opposing team is on offense to create as much noise as possible, making it hard for them to communicate on the field.

“I think we have a huge impact on the overall game experience,” Garcia said.

“There are high and low points in the game. We help the team get to the high points and keep them up. We stay quiet on offense so Brissett and the offense can call audibles and do what they need to do. On defense, it is the total opposite. We want to be in the opposing team’s head the whole game. When they are in play, we want to bear down on them, and they’ll know we’re there.”

M ichael Sc a n la n, one of the drum majors and a fifth-year senior studying meteorology, also believes that the band has a big impact both on the fans and

the team.

“In addition to trying to get the fans involved, we are trying to get the team involved,” Scanlan said. “We are essentially the 12th man that leads the 12th man.”

Pretty much the only time the band is not playing at a football game is when the offense is on the field and when it is taking a break af ter the half time show.

Members of the marching band practice at least six hours a week, plus whatever they do on their own time, then anywhere from four to six hours before kickoff.

“I wa nt t he NC State community to know that the students in the marching band work very hard to represent them, fire them up and support our teams,” Garcia said. “When we perform around campus, these are students in class right next to you, and I hope that we can give them a product they can really be proud of.”

The Power Sound of the South will perform at all home games this season and will also be present at some of the away games as well.

This dominated group of students looks to entertain the audience in all new ways once the season kicks off.

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Pack football begins 2015 campaign vs. Trojans Drew Nantais Assistant Sports Editor

The 2015 football season is here, and to kick off its regular season, the NC State football team hosts its home opener on Saturday against the Troy Trojans.

“I’m excited for our home opener,” head coach Dave Doeren said. “Getting out students, fans, everybody back in the stadium with our team is always fun.”

The Wolfpack (0-0, 0-0 ACC) hosts the Trojans (00, 0-0 Sun Belt) who limped through most of the 2014 season, finishing 8th in the Sun Belt Conference. After a 0-5 start, the Trojans struggled through most of their conference play.

Senior quarterback Jacoby Brissett looks to take

last season’s 5-win turnaround to the next level.

With several key components coming back and a veteran-laden defense, the Wolfpack looks ready for an impressive 2015 season.

Despite t he t wo-ga me suspension of senior running back Shadrach Thornton, the Wolfpack shouldn’t miss a beat on offense as junior running back Matt Dayes will carry the bulk of t he g rou nd ga me i n Thornton’s absence. Dayes and Thornton each posted stellar numbers last season.

Dayes had 104 carries for 573 yards and eight touchdow ns, whi le Thornton added on 164 carries for 907 yards and nine touchdowns.

Along with 2,606 passing yards, 23 touchdowns and five picks, Brissett shined

with his solid ground game, scoring three touchdowns on 124 rushes for 529 yards.

Even with the numerous departures at the wide receiver position for the Pack, a young and athletic group of receivers is ready to step up and not miss a beat. Juniors Jonathan Alston, Jumichael Ramos and Bra’Lon Cherry will help provide leadership to a young receiving corps for the Pack.

With a late-season defensive renaissance under defensive coordinator Dave Huxtable, an experienced Wolfpack defense is ready to prove last season’s resurgence wasn’t a f luke.

Led by senior defensive lineman Mike Rose, the Pack defensive line is loaded with the likes of other re t u r n i ng players such

as sophomore Kentavius Street, sophomore Pharoah McKever and sophomore B.J. Hill.

The Wolfpack secondary, much like the defensive line, is also an experienced, veteran-heavy squad. Junior Jack Tocho, senior Hakim Jone s , sophomore Josh Jones and senior Justin Burris all return to a Wolfpack secondary that played well at the tail end of last season.

“I’m excited for our players,” Doeren said. “Just to see how some of them react, like the true and redshirt freshmen. It’s always fun to see those guys play their first college game.”

Through their first nine games of the season, the Trojans lost eight of them, including losses to Georgia, Duke and Appalachian

State. They did seem to turn it around at the end of the season, as the Trojans won two of their last three games to finish of a 3-9 campaign, including a 3-5 record in conference play.

As quarterback Brandon Silvers enters his sophomore season, he looks to build off that late success the team encountered last season. Silvers posted solid numbers his freshman season, as he completed 70.5 percent of his throws for 1,836 yards, 11 touchdowns and three interceptions.

However, t he streng t h of the Trojans on offense came in the form of their run game. Senior and junior running backs Brandon Bu rk s a nd Jord a n Chunn each ran for more than 500 yards last season

with Burks adding on three touchdowns, while Chunn had six.

Senior wide receiver Bryan Holmes was also an integral part to the Trojan offense catching 34 passes for 474 yards and fives scores.

“Troy’s an athletic team,” Doeren said. “They’re returning nine starters on offense. They’ve got two talented backs and experienced receivers.”

Many footba ll pundits and experts have said this may be the Wolfpack’s year to return to relevancy as this team looks to make some noise in the ACC. Only time will tell, for now, the Pack looks ready and eager for Saturday’s opener in Carter-Finley Stadium.

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ever after her injury. In the 2014 season alone, she played in 25 matches and switched between middle and right-side hitter. Cormier stacked 53 blocks overall, with 10 kills against Florida State and nine against rival UNC-Chapel Hill.

In the recent South Carolina tournament, the California native had 11 kills and 10 digs in one match.

Aljoe earns her time in the spotlight as well. In the 2014 season, she collected 69 digs and 15 kills from the setter position. Against North Carolina Central this weekend, Aljoe used her strong serves to get the Wolfpack leading 10-0 in the third set.

Aljoe, a transfer from San Diego State, says NC State was the best choice for her.

“I got the opportunity to come here on a visit, and it really just fell into place,” Aljoe said. “NC State has become a home to me, and I really appreciate my teammates support.

Morgan, especially, has been with me from the start.”

Aljoe’s love for volleyball was coincidental, but she says she does not regret making the decision to play.

“I started volleyball after finishing gymnastics,” Aljoe said. “Switching

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to a team sport was a challenge, but I’m so happy I did. I’ve made some really good friends, and I’ve had terrific memories.”

The teammates recalled their best memories on the Wolfpack court thus far.

“My freshman year we beat Duke and Carolina,” Cormier said. “There were so many fans, and the band was there. We were passionate on the bench and on the court that night.”

For the two of them, this season is about making sure their effort pays off; it’s the same for after graduation, too.

“My sophomore year we played Duke at home,” Aljoe said. “We swept Duke in three sets, and at the point when they were near the top of the ACC.” Cormier looks to coach volleyball locally while she networks with fellow business men and women with her business administration degree.

As for Aljoe, she plans on earning her MBA and possibly pursuing working at a nonprofit organization. She also plans on playing volleyball, but on the beach this time.

Cormier and Aljoe have proven themselves forces to be reckoned with on the court, and fans will be sure to follow their success throughout the rest of their final season.

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Volleyball seniors aim high in final season

Joseph Ochoa Staff Writer

Well everybody, it’s almost football season, which also means it is time for Fantasy Football to begin.

With most drafts taking place this coming weekend, it’s time for some Fantasy Draft Do’s and Don’ts.

Don’t: Auto draft While it may seem like having a computer do your job of picking players would be less stressful, it ends up becoming more of a hassle.

You don’t want a situation where you have five running backs, and four of them spend most of their playing time riding the bench. Stay involved, even if it might be tedious at times.

Do: Have an awesome team name Your team name can be something relevant to football, some type of pun or some type of play on words.

Either way, just make it sound good to you; mine for example is Geno 911, a reference to Geno Smith getting his jaw broken and the Comedy Central show “Reno 911.”

Do: Plan, plan, plan Imagine the frustration you feel when you are preparing to register for classes, and the class you want gets taken, and you didn’t have a backup ready. Make sure when the player you want gets taken before you, have an eligible backup waiting in the reserves to replace him.

Don’t: Draft a quarterback with first pick Even though quarterbacks have become offensive juggernauts, they don’t have the same point value for scoring that running backs and wide receivers have. If you have no option but to draft a quarterback that early, go after a dual threat such as Seahawks’ quarterback Russell Wilson, Carolina’s quarterback Cam Newton or maybe Colts’ quarterback Andrew Luck.

Do: Pay entry fees While most leagues are free, some will have entry fees in order to participate. Pay up, quickly. The last thing anyone wants is for their commissioner to be impersonating Stewie Griffin and asking people, “Where’s my money man?!”

Don’t: Draft Defense/Special Teams high Seriously, just don’t do it. Much like today’s NFL, offense is what gets people in the seats. And there will be plenty of offensive playmakers to choose from before you get to defense. And you can always swap out defenses during the season later if the one you pick doesn’t perform to your standards.

Lastly, and most importantly: Have fun.

While Fantasy Football can be one of the most infuriating things on your weekly to-do list, it’s a great way to make friends with people and talk about something that you all have in common: a love of football.

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Volleyball seniors Tanna Aljoe and Morgan Cormier are at their strongest as their final season on the court for NC State begins.

After a rough season last year, the two seniors are looking to leave their

The 2015-16 college football season might just be the most momentous season in the history of football for the state of Nor t h Carolina.

This year, residents of the Old North State will have the opportunity to witness seven different home-state teams Michael gear up for SatMcLamb urday game days.

Staff Writer The only two other states have more schools playing at the FBS level: Texas with 12 and Ohio with eight.

In 1978, the four traditional North Carolina FBS schools in Duke, NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill and Wake Forest were joined

by Greenville’s very own East Carolina Pirates. In the last two years, North Carolina has seen its number grow to seven FBS schools with the additions of the Appalachian State Mountaineers and the UNCCharlotte 49ers. This expanding landscape of college football in the state has got me thinking about its potential effects on North Carolina’s future.

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I have ever had to go through,” Cormier said. “It takes a long time mentally to come back. Thankfully, I have had a lot of support from my teammates. This year I feel stronger than I ever have.”

Cormier’s statistics on the court show her coming back fiercer than

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Cormier said. “Being on the road was an adjustment. Everyone, especially the underclassmen, stepped up. The energy was good the entire weekend.”

Cormier is especially ecstatic to be playing so well, after an intense ACL injury took her out of play in the 2013 season.

“It was the most challenging thing

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legacy by taking the team all the way to the ACC finals.

“The chemistry we have and all of our hard work as a team will help us reach our goals,” Aljoe said.

The Wolfpack had an exciting start to the season in South Carolina this past weekend, winning all three matches in straight sets.

“It was a really fun weekend,”

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In the nearly 40 years that ECU has been a part of the premier division of college football, the Pirates have become the source of some the Triangle’s greatest headaches. Since 1999, the Pirates have amassed a collective 10-10 mark versus the Blue Devils, Tar Heels and Wolfpack. Even more recently, ECU was a perfect 4-0 in its last four outings against NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill. Chief of those wins was a 70-41 drumming of the Tar Heels last year in Greenville and a 42-28 downing of the Wolfpack in 2013 at Carter-Finley.

The triumphs of ECU against fellow North Carolina teams raises a question for me about App State and Charlotte. Could the Mountaineers and 49ers also challenge for state dominance like ECU one day?

My conclusion: It’s certainly not likely. But there’s always that possibility when the North Carolina “big four” continue to stand on the fringe of mediocrity and remedial success.

Much of ECU’s success has come from riding the coattails of the Devils, Deacs, Heels and Pack’s in-

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ability to sustain any type of winning traditions in recent years. The Pirates, though disadvantaged by playing in lesser conferences, have been able to capitalize on the languishing of the big four by stringing together a couple good seasons highlighted by some statement victories. In turn, this success has resulted in improved recruiting classes and a certain swagger that is unique to the ECU football program. This too should be App State and Charlotte’s recipes for success.

Here’s a comparison from another state, for years and years the Texas Longhorns dominated the state of Texas. Both in the win column and on the recruiting trail, the Longhorns were an unstoppable force in the Lone Star State for decades. However, when Texas hit hard times under Mack Brown, suddenly programs like Baylor, TCU and Texas A&M started to emerge as contenders.

It wasn’t that these teams surged ahead of Texas while the Longhorns were still competing for national championships. Instead, the newcomers didn’t finally move into the spotlight until Texas lost control

of the reins.

The same can be said for football in North Carolina. It’s not that ECU raced ahead while Duke, Chapel Hill, State and Wake struggled to keep up. Rather it’s the fact that the big four teams have just been so run-of-the-mill lately that ECU has been afforded the opportunity to rise above.

Before I conclude, let me just say to the naysayers, this column is not meant to be an indictment against the NC State football program. I am highly optimistic concerning the direction of the Pack under head coach Dave Doeren.

With that being said, my hopes for this piece is that it will light a fire in the hearts of the Wolfpack faithful. The competition for the state is becoming even more crowded, and if we really want to bombastically proclaim that “This is Our State!” then we better continue to put some wins behind it.

Otherwise, we might just see more teams like Appalachian State and Charlotte peering in the rearview mirror, waiting for their windows of opportunity.

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